Early Prespawn and Prespawn favorite lures for PB size fish?

[Big Hands]

On 3/10/2025 at 7:57 AM, Swamp Girl said:

I believe you, Catt...up to a point. I'm not going to cast a chicken nugget.

 

Put one of these on the back if it'll make ya feel better. . .

 

[txchaser]

below 50:

blade bait

deep crank

Jig, or a slither rig

bladed jig fished like a swinghead (let it hit bottom) - not yoyo, just low and real slow. think crayfish-ish

you can chuck a-rigs around shad balls but it's hard and not super productive

sounded like this lake doesn't have weeds. if it did I'd say start at the old outside weed line. barring that, I'd look for deeper (deep is relative but at least 8') flats that are by a dropoff, and on the way to shallower water that would be a good stopping place. start deep and move shallow. But you are looking for a spot where they are just chilling out, and can move up to feed on that flat.

 

over 50

bladed jig

big squarebill

flatside (very strong opinion on the 6th sense 75x)

big rattletrap - regular/silent/2-tap

jig/slither rig (think BIG presentation)

listen to the red comments

 

sun is out and water on a warming trend they might shock you how shallow they can be so you might need to move up more than expected.

same deal - draw a line from deep water/dropoff through the deep flats to spawning areas - should be able to figure out how deep they are in general. @WRB trick of idling a bit to figure out where the bait is is always a good starting place. I kind of like the bottom of the bait range for bigger fish.

 

more often than not the big fish are a little deeper than the small fish. if you are catching little guys, move.

 

staring at the map a lot might help - look for transition spots (glenn had a recent video) - spot on the spot, etc. Remember these big fish will literally eat a one-pound bass, and they are apex predators. here's an example - I found a deep flat that was actually on a point. about the size of the boat. dropped off fast on the other side of that little flat like Point->Deep Flat->Dropoff. Big girl was lurking there and happy to eat my lure. 

 

The red thing on cranks, lipless, and chatterbaits is very real, at least in Texas.